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...metaphor to be had in the remarkable moment when Safia al-Souhail, who had just voted in the Iraqi elections, and Janet Norwood, whose U.S. Marine son was killed in Iraq, embraced during the President's State of the Union speech last week. Norwood was holding her son's dog tags, which became entangled in al-Souhail's cuff. The two struggled at disentanglement. Laura Bush had to help them. It was an image with some resonance, to be sure...
...follows that up with nothing more than a photo of Triumph, the Insult Comic dog, and the following caption: “This is Triumph from the Conan O’Brien Show. He’s pretty funny, who cares...
...explained this to a 1977 group of Harvard undergraduates, one of whom had tiptoed toward the dumbing-down issue. "If you're selling hard goods - like soup or dog food - you simply can't afford to put on culture," he said. "Exxon, the Bank of America - organizations like that can afford to do it [by sponsoring 'Masterpiece Theatre' and other PBS shows of higher brow]. But they aren't selling hard goods, and that's what 'The Tonight Show...
...source for art that will make you want to open a vein. The sheer volume and relentlessness of Oberst's agony (at 24, he has made nine albums fronting four bands--most famously Bright Eyes, a rotating group of musically inclined depressives), combined with his puppy-dog gaze and lock of drooping-raven hair, give him an inescapable aura of adolescent wallowing. He looks the way a My So-Called Life script sounds...
...Democrats' new attack dog? First, California's BARBARA BOXER was the only Senator to vote to challenge Ohio's voting irregularities. Then last week she took on Secretary of State-- designate CONDOLEEZZA RICE with surprisingly tough remarks at Rice's confirmation hearing. Challenged by Boxer about her "respect for the truth," Rice replied, "I really hope that you will refrain from impugning my integrity...